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Faun Pii (Northern Thai Spirit Dance)
Chiang Mai & Lampang, Thailand
June-July 2008 & June-July 2009

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Chiang Mai, June 2008

During the ceremony, as further celebration of and homage to the spirits, mediums consume copious amounts of alcohol (typically whiskey) as well as smoke small traditional cigars and chew beetlenut leaves.